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In 1984, two women met at a
hospice volunteer training program. They discovered a mutual dream. Each wanted to begin a community center. |
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Nancy
Rez, the nurse, wanted to
begin a wellness resource center where professional practitioners
including herself, could offer integrative, holistic therapies to
the community. She knew from experience that people needed self-care
tools to complement their treatments and medicine within the western
allopathic medical model. |
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Lu Coughlin, a teacher with
20 years experience, wanted a center, an open space and bookstore,
where people would feel welcome to bring up issues and questions
of human concern for research and exploration. She imagined a place
for lifelong education in the true sense of the word - people leading
each other to greater understanding, acceptance and love of themselves
and their world. |
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In
1986, these two women found the house of their dreams for rent at
540 West Broadway. A circle of friends who were inspired by the
book The Possible Human, by Jean Houston, joined in helping
make the house welcoming and comfortable. That delightful group
energy became playfully known as the “The Founding Mothers”. |
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The upstairs bedrooms became rental spaces for private practitioners. The dining room became the bookstore. The living room with its fireplace served as the community gathering room. The back garage became the perfect open space, with big, grey metal doors that when lifted up allowed all kinds of events to take place. | ||||||
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than go on at this point, come and visit. We are always happy to greet
new folks and share the many stories. Please continue checking out
our web site to learn about current programs, classes and coming events. We hope to see you soon. |
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